News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will hold its key members’ meeting in November, where the politburo will issue a third “historical resolution” to draw conclusions on historical issues. Experts believe that this third historical resolution will set the tone for leader Xi Jinping’s identity in the CCP’s history, and pave the way for his succession in the regime’s major meeting in 2022. In a Politburo meeting on Oct. 18, the Party announced the plan to hold its Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee from Nov. 8 to 11. In the meeting led by Xi, participants also discussed the resolution on “major achievements and historical experience over the past 100 years of the Party,” which is to be revised and presented to its rubber-stamp legislature meeting in 2022. Resolutions on the CCP’s History The previous two resolutions (pdf) on the history of the CCP were adopted in …